{"id":128942,"date":"2018-06-23T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T19:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=128942"},"modified":"2018-06-23T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T19:55:16","slug":"cot-report-speculators-move-huge-in-favor-of-usd-crude-gold-vix-bets-fall-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/06\/cot-report-speculators-move-huge-in-favor-of-usd-crude-gold-vix-bets-fall-more\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Speculators move huge in favor of USD. Crude, Gold, VIX bets fall more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-3041796059\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">June 23, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that was released on Friday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-again-this-week\/\"><strong>Gold Speculators<\/strong><\/a> cut back on their bullish bets again this week<\/li>\n<li>Speculators sharply raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/forex-speculators-sharply-raised-us-dollar-bets-into-new-bullish-position\/\"><strong>US Dollar<\/strong> bets<\/a> into new bullish position<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-continued-to-reduce-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong><\/a> Speculators continued to reduce their bullish bets this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>10-Year Note Speculators<\/strong> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-fro-1st-time-in-3-weeks\/\">raised their bearish bets<\/a> for 1st time in 3 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/bitcoin-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-positions-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\"><strong>Bitcoin Speculators<\/strong><\/a> trimmed their bearish positions for 1st time in 4 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>Eurodollar<\/strong> Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/eurodollar-speculators-reduced-bearish-net-positions-for-6th-week\/\">reduced bearish net positions<\/a> for 6th week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-upped-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini<\/a><\/strong> Speculators upped their bullish bets for 3rd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/vix-speculators-added-to-their-bearish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">VIX Speculators<\/a><\/strong> added to their bearish net positions for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver<\/strong> Speculators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-net-positions-for-1st-time-in-7-weeks\/\">cut back on bullish net positions<\/a> for 1st time in 7 weeks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-bullish-bets-after-2-strong-weeks\/\"><strong>Copper Speculators<\/strong><\/a> sharply dropped bullish bets after 2 strong weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/forex-speculators-sharply-raised-us-dollar-bets-into-new-bullish-position\/\">Forex Speculators sharply raised US Dollar bets into new bullish position<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-43.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128943\" title=\"image-43-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-43.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-43.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-43-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $8.64 billion as of Tuesday<\/h3>\n<p>The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators sharply boosted their bets for the US dollar into the first bullish aggregate position in over a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/forex-speculators-sharply-raised-us-dollar-bets-into-new-bullish-position\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-continued-to-reduce-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators continued to reduce their bullish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-44.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128944\" title=\"image-44-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-44.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-44-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 580,947 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -14,346 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-continued-to-reduce-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-again-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish bets again this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-45.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128945\" title=\"image-45-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-45.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-45.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-45-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 96,512 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -23,728 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-again-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-fro-1st-time-in-3-weeks\/\">10-Year Note Speculators raised their bearish bets for 1st time in 3 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-46.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128946\" title=\"image-46-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-46.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-46-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -359,463 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -23,469 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-fro-1st-time-in-3-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-329436769\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-upped-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators upped their bullish bets for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speculative bets increased for the third straight week this week to the highest level in five weeks.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-upped-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-net-positions-for-1st-time-in-7-weeks\/\">Silver Speculators cut back on bullish net positions for 1st time in 7 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-48.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128949\" title=\"image-48-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-48.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-48-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 40,902 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -8,828 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-net-positions-for-1st-time-in-7-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-bullish-bets-after-2-strong-weeks\/\">Copper Speculators sharply dropped bullish bets after 2 strong weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-49.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128951\" title=\"image-49-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-49.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-49.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-49-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 56,311 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -14,226 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-bullish-bets-after-2-strong-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by<strong>\u00a0CountingPips.com<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Commitment of Traders report data is published in raw form every Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and shows the futures positions of market participants as of the previous Tuesday (data is reported 3 days behind).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that was released on Friday. Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish bets again this week Speculators sharply raised US Dollar bets into new bullish position WTI Crude Oil Speculators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128942"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129020,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128942\/revisions\/129020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}